In collaboration with the Anchorage Museum, CAFAM presents This Is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists, an exhibition featuring four acclaimed Alaska Native artists whose groundbreaking contemporary works examine their Native heritage and mixed-race identities, and challenge perceptions and stereotypes about indigenous peoples. Featured artists are Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Susie Silook, and Nicholas Galanin.

The title This is Not A Silent Movie comes from a quote by Native American writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie, who works to move audiences away from narrow and stereotypical views of Native people—a view that Native people had very little influence in shaping.

Curated by Julie Decker, Chief Curator at Anchorage Museum, Alaska.

Exhibition funding provided by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from The Antonia and Vladimir Kulaev Heritage Fund.

Saturday, May 25

12:00–7:00pm – Members Only Preview

6:00–7:00pm – Artist Panel Discussion for This Is Not A Silent Movie 7:00–9:00pm – Public Reception

We will also be celebrating the completion of the CAFAM: Granny Squared project by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA)